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Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. – Eric Hoffer

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Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. – Eric Hoffer

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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. – Eric Hoffer

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This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand. – Louise Slaughter

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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see. – Black Elk

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Hes really sort of the devil. Hes completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. Its about power with Voldemort. Its an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive. – Ralph Fiennes

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In the sense that youre not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised my position doesnt isnt unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts. – Peter Singer

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Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don’t mind that you’ve been given a dirty cup. – Rumi

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Energy, energy? Energy is, is, its nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion. – Tony Wilson

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There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a peoples safety and greatness. – Grover Cleveland

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